Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Treated by Intensive Immune Suppression Therapy With a Combination of Steroid Pulse and Tocilizumab Followed by a Tapering Dose of Steroid Therapy During the Delta (B.1.617.2) Variant Outbreak: A Successfully Treated Case

A 55-year-old man developed a low-grade fever (day 1). His wife had already been infected with COVID-19 four days previously and he had been isolated in his house as a close contact. Polymerase chain reaction for COVID-19 was positive. He had untreated diabetes mellitus. On day 7, his percutaneous s...

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Autores principales: Muramatsu, Ken-ichi, Ishikawa, Kouhei, Komatsu, Arisa, Jitsuiki, Kei, Yanagawa, Youichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8652016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909301
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19340

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